Phoenix Suns @ NOP 12-30-14

[AzStevenCal]

Green is unstoppable now and Asik killing us inside

Yeah, Len is handcuffed by his two early fouls.

Steve

 

[AzStevenCal]

tie game!

Yeah, the bench guys have been hitting the 3. Other than Bledsoe,we've been deadly from the arc tonight.

Steve

 

[sunsfan88]

Len is having his worst game as starter. Asik, who is not known for his offense, is killing him. Len's also dropping passes like Plumlee does.

Its all good, against this front court I think we ought to give him a break for one bad game.

 

[sunsfan88]

LOL that 3 by Marcus Morris was the luckiest possession ever. About time something went our way.

 

[Ronin]

Was that Evans again in the paint. bah god play a zone or something.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Asik can run us over and we get called and Len gets hammered by him with no call. This is very lopsided refereeing here. 14 - 2 in Free Throws.

Steve

 

[sunsfan88]

Come on Bledsoe pass the f***ing ball to Dragic!

 

[sunsfan88]

Asik is probably gonna get 20 & 20 at this pace.

 

[Chaplin]

Asik is probably gonna get 20 & 20 at this pace.

Um, Bledsoe is also approaching that possibility.

 

[sunsfan88]

Bledsoe is gassed. He's running all around the place, great effort by him today.

 

[Ronin]

IT almost had his lunch money taken away from by Fredette....on a fast break no less.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Bledsoe is gassed. He's running all around the place, great effort by him today.

Yeah but he's lost all confidence in his shot. He's hesitating on that shot and considering he's also taking the ball to the basket (which is usually the cure for someone that can't buy an outside basket), I don't know how he gets out of this funk.

Steve

 

[AzStevenCal]

IT almost had his lunch money taken away from by Fredette....on a fast break no less.

That's what the Pelican announcers kept saying but I don't think it was Fredette. It looked to me like it was the player from behind that knocked it away.

Steve

 

[SirStefan32]

Passing the ball would be a good start. If your shot isn't falling, distribute!

 

[sunsfan88]

Yeah but he's lost all confidence in his shot. He's hesitating on that shot and considering he's also taking the ball to the basket (which is usually the cure for someone that can't buy an outside basket), I don't know how he gets out of this funk.

Steve

I'm kinda glad he is because he's MUCH MUCH MUCH better when he's attackin rather than settling for jumpers. He usually either draws fouls or makes the layup or does both.

He should only shoot if he's completely 100% open.

 

[sunsfan88]

Morris twins really have a bad habit of yapping. Like ****, ******** the refs aren't gonna change the call!

 

[sunsfan88]

We really need a good defensive PF next to Len.

Kieff has been playing great this year but he's 6th man type material because his defense.

We need to look into acquiring Taj Gibson. Chicago already has 2 other PFs in Pau and Mirotic so they probably wouldn't mind trading Gibson. He can solve bunch of our defensive problems.

 

[SirStefan32]

Morris twins really have a bad habit of yapping. Like ****, ******** the refs aren't gonna change the call!

"You sit out the rest of the game (or the next game) every time you get a tech" is the approach Hornacek should take. They'd stop talking to refs after one game.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Morris twins really have a bad habit of yapping. Like ****, ******** the refs aren't gonna change the call!

They are getting T's for things that no other player in the league would be called for. Since this is pretty much a known fact, you'd think they'd get smart and change but it just isn't happening. I'm not kidding though, I wonder if the refs just hear either of them say something and add it up as if one guy was yapping twice as often.

Steve

 

[sunsfan88]

I'd like to see the Suns employ Hack-An-Asik to begin the 2nd half. I don't like our defense's chances at stopping their offense.

 

[sunsfan88]

"You sit out the rest of the game (or the next game) every time you get a tech" is the approach Hornacek should take. They'd stop talking to refs after one game.

I don't think Hornacek has the balls to do something like that, that's something I could see Popovich doing even though his teams don't have this problem because their well disciplined.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I don't think Hornacek has the balls to do something like that, that's something I could see Popovich doing even though his teams don't have this problem because their well disciplined.

I don't think that's how Pop works. He teaches his players how to protest without picking up the T's, that's the part of Pop Jeff needs to copy IMO. Part of this comes from Pop's own impact on the refs and the game. They're more than a little afraid of the guy IMO. He's smarter than they are and they know it. I think he and Mike K in the college game are the best coaches during my life time when it comes to working the officials. Red A as a coach is a little before my time but he's always mentioned for this also.

Steve

 

[AzStevenCal]

There's Keef again making it easy for his guy to pick off one of our guards (Bledsoe). This is frustrating.

Steve

 

[SirStefan32]

Holiday is lighting up Bledsoe. I just counted three straight possessions.

Switch Bledsoe and Tucker. This is a running theme- if you are getting lit up, switch with someone, just to give the oposing player something different.

 

[sunsfan88]

Holliday is a really good defensive PG. He's scoring today too.